Craziest Body Transformation Stories

These 14 Redditors Have Done The Impossible And Will Show You How To Turn Your Life Around

Turning your life around is far from easy. Getting the right motivation to get your a** to the gym is difficult, especially when you've let yourself go a little and packed on too much weight, which can turn exercising into a real chore. But attaining your fitness goals and becoming happy with your own physique is not a race. Far from it: It's a slow and steady journey over the course of a year or more. Doing things like committing to small changes in your diet or going for regular walks is the only real way to make long-lasting life changes.

And that's what the following 14 guys will demonstrate. From counting calories to diving into the deep end and committing to a six-week high-intensity interval training challenge, they will show you there are many paths to reaching your own personal goal weight or body composition goal.

An incredible six-year transformation

Redditor elrunningman decided back in 2009 to change his life for the better. Weighing about 350 pounds, he was struggling with depression. After experiencing feelings of tightness in his chest, he decided to change things up. He picked up jogging, cut out the candy and sodas, and after years of hard work, he was down to only 135 pounds.

Shedding the pounds together

This power couple managed to shed over 150 pounds between the two of them. Redditor DoobaDoobaDooba explains in his post: "My weight peaked at 325 pounds and the doctor told me that I could effectively take 20 years off of my life expectancy if I didn't make dramatic life changes." He is currently sticking to a weightlifting routine, while she decided to go vegan and pick up running.

Fat to skinny to muscle

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At the age of 30, redditor Dangerous_Pervert had enough. He was overweight and unfit. He cut out all the crap out of his diet and stuck to a simple three-day split at the gym and went from 182 pounds to around 150 pounds and packed on a whole lot of muscle in the process. You can check out his routine here.

71 pounds in eight months

Redditor Deako87 got his main inspiration to lose weight and cut the extra fat from reddit itself. His 2000-calorie diet and 45 minutes of walking — then running — got him down over 70 pounds in less than a year! Quite an impressive feat. But what's more important is the fact it was done at a slow and steady pace (which can be seen in his extensive Fitbit data). Weight loss is about setting attainable and realistic goals over a long period of time, after all.

A gallon of water a day

Drinking a lot of water — often more than you think you need — is crucial to having a healthy body and can certainly be of help when trying to shed pounds and curb appetite. Redditor NarcolepZZZZZZ turned things around since September and has dropped over 70 pounds.

Cardio and cutting calories

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Losing weight is not a race. And don't let any TV shows fool you into thinking that it is healthy in any way. Redditor iGenie took 18 months to drop over 100 pounds of body weight. He started by loosely following a keto-like diet and then added cardio and other popular routines to the mix.

Counting calories

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Over the course of a year, Redditor Thuzie decided to turn his life around and use tools like MyFitnessPal to lose extra weight by watching what he ate. He writes: "Calorie counting is a great tool for losing weight as it lets you eat whatever you want and still lose weight. Just don't stress over calories too much like myself." Very wise words. It's important not to get too caught up in counting calories, because if you do, you'll start hating it and resenting yourself for letting go every once in a while.

From lanky to tanky

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Body transformations aren't limited to shedding extra pounds. A lot of guys out there will want to put on muscle mass and say goodbye to skinny-fat once and for all. This Redditor's tall 6'4''-frame meant that gaining muscle mass involved a lot of extra calories — his maintenance daily intake was 3,000 calories. He used the Power Hypertrophy Upper Lower (PHUL) routine to start building serious mass and increased his squat, bench and deadlift numbers significantly.

Doing it for love

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Redditor CLG123COMEATME started his weight loss journey when he got interested in a girl. "I realized that I was going to have to lose weight in order to get her attention. I quickly realized that losing weight had many perks to it other than impressing girls." By cutting the junk out of his diet and starting up with a workout regimen consisting of exercises in the 8-12 rep range followed by 20 to 30 minutes of cardio, he managed to slim down to 189 pounds and just around 10% body fat.

Losing it for yourself

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Rather than shedding the weight because of a girl, redditor adsprog03 found that after not being able to hike up a hill, it was time to join a gym. He did cardio for one hour every day, and spent time in the weight room. But being a manager at a Subway meant he had to keep a close eye on what he ate every day as well. "For breakfast I would eat there egg whites with tomatoes and spinach. (it was free I wasn't about to stop eating at Subway). For dinner mostly chicken, veggies, and brown rice or a frozen low-calorie meal."

Hold a friend accountable

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Redditor siksgun lost over 70 pounds by working out with a bunch of friends that held him accountable for his progress. It's a very effective method that seems to have worked wonders for him. With a daily diet of chicken, veggies and rice, the pounds came off easy. Check out the breakdown of his modified starting strength workout routine here.

More MyFitnessPal

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Redditor erix84 went from a 36-inch waist down to a 30-inch waist. His journey started with tracking his caloric intake on MyFitnessPal. He moved on to working out six times a week at the gym. "I'm comfortable with my shirt off now," he writes.

Races to a fitter future

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Redditor Cavemencrazy structured his two-year chubby-to-beast-mode journey around marathons, spartan races and relay races. Signing up for events like this has proven time and time again to be an excellent motivator to get in shape. To keep up with building all that muscle mass, he supplements with a scoop of protein and a pre-workout supplement.